When I travel for work (a few times a year) or play, one of my Lanea knitting bags comes w/me.

On a recent looong drive (15+ hours) for my beloved partner's Family Reunion, I took 2 WIPs & yarn for a new project: a simple shawl, a sock, yarn to start a shawl. Great progress: the shawl is ready for bind off, the toe-up sock in Spirit Trail yarn is proceeding beautifully & the newer yarn is not floating my boat.

Usually I just take whatever I have going that can be done without too much thinking or attention. Sometimes I start a new project to make sure it fits the bill but usually I take a sweater or a shawl. It seems like I need to pay too much attention to socks and hats. I'm impressed that you can take socks. I sure wish I could.

Martha can knit and hold a conversation like a pro—so socks are no problem. For me though, it's not so simple! I do try to have a small project along on a trip (usually in a Lanea bag!), but it has to be a simple pattern.

I keep my sock project in a LLBean lunch tote. It easily holds enough yarn for 2 pair plus oodles of miscellaneous gadgets, a bottle of water and a snack. Socks can be mindless or challenging depending on the stitch pattern. My socks go with me everywhere - short hop to the doctor/dentist, 4 week trip across the pond and everthing in between.

I usually pack 2 or three wips, which include a sock and shawl. But because I think I can knit faster than reality, I usually only work on the project that has the closest deadline and the others come home the same as when I left. I think that just knowing they are there in case I need to take a break from what I am working on, or if I get stranded someplace, is a comfort to me.

Depends on the trip and the method of travel, which in turn determine how much room I have for projects ... But invariably I spend twice as much time thinking about the knitting I will take than everything else I should pack. (Like, ummm, right now.) Often I will take something new to start on the road, but it all depends on whether swatching has been done, etc. and what materials would have to go with me to be well-provisioned. That said, I never, ever, accomplish near the amount of knitting I think I will. ;)

I'm like Nutmeg Owl; it depends on the trip. If it's a very social trip, I'll sometimes take swatches, because I'm not very good at knitting while talking. If it's a trip where I can count on quiet time, I'll bring something more complex that's already on my needles.

I always pack 3 projects.. and it is true.. I rarely get to all of them.. or even get to 1 of them.. they are kinda like security blankets. I mean one might be too much brain power after a day of walking, but I might need something fiddly if it starts raining. etc etc. So 3 projects.. and usually only 1 of them gets any work done.

The thinking about our knitting really permeates what we do & when we do it. Ms. Owl & Corddrymum, yes to the tho'ts before packing - yes to Purlewe & 3 projects. At the Reunion (which was fairly small) I found myself grateful for having the shawl & sock projects as they gave me something to do & kept my hands out of the many snack food bowls. I did the shawl bind-off & hope to block it soon. (Owl, I will channel your wonderful blocking energy & will use your blocking pointers you gave me.)

My Lanea bag always comes with me for travel! Lately ive been so busy w work that travel is the best time to get back to knitting! I also find that when I'm stressed, knitting helps me to regain my focus.

In anycase, my Lanea bag is with me on the beach right now and currently contains the Tilt shawl from wool people 5, being knit in Briar rose sea pearl. The back up project is the Einband scarf project from last years KRR goody bag.

Like others, I start planning my knitting before I plan my packing. What I take, depends a lot on how and where i am going. Traveling knitting is different than destination knitting, so i quite often have several projects to bring along.

I do try to keep them small though - and simple. I almost always have knitting ready to take out the door, whether for waiting, or riding in the car. So my trip knitting is an expansion of that theme.

I've just started back knitting after a long hiatus, and took the baby sweater I'm working on for the hour long drive to see friends the other day. Told my husband he may be doing all of the driving from now on! Imagine I'll pack several WIP when we visit family 700 miles away!

I found that I would get carsick while knitting on road trips. This nearly broke my heart. Luckily I found liquid Motionease, and can now knit in the car. I love travel knitting, it makes the journey shorter and more relaxing.

The eternal optimist in me always brings more projects than I could possibly finish in months. There is always the "waiting room" project that is with me at all times, a complicated project (such as a shawl), socks, and then one or more new projects that will probably never even make it out of the suitcase. My theory is Robinson Crusoe-like. If I get trapped on a desert island, I will never lack for a project LOL

Like many of you, I usually take a project that requires little attention so I can participate in observing whatever my "I'm The Driver," hubby is observing along the way. However, once while we were driving from Chicago to southwest Florida for an extended stay, I finished my project about 2/3's of the way there. I insisted that we stop at a LYS in Georgia. I quickly ran in and declared a knitting emergency. I explained the situation to the lovely shop owner, who completely understood my panic, and helped me choose some yarn and a simple pattern for a baby sweater. G-d bless other knitters. I love that you can connect with someone in a different part of the country on such a basic level.